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• Blog / Extracurriculars

  MIT CodeIt or: the best decision i've made this semester

  

  on their final projects, which they showcase and present at the end of the program. The Application Process I had heard of the program from my ... that I had gotten through some amounts of coding classes and a CS

  • by Cami M. '23
  • November 25, 2020
• Blog / CPW

  Backstage at the CPW Closing Show “Other duties as assigned”

  

  miscellaneous tasks an employee may be required to perform outside the scope of their stated job description. Of all of the other duties I’ve been assigned, running the CPW Closing Show is by far one of my favorites. As

  • by Jeremy W.
  • May 19, 2024
• Blog / Admissions

  On Essay Writing A guide to essay writing for the express purpose of obtaining admittance to an institute…

  

  with a pithy line or a catchy hook to convince you to read the rest of this blog post, but unfortunately, the circuits in my brain in charge of ... three weeks, I've been spending most of my free time on medical school

  • by Krystal L. '17
  • July 22, 2016
• Blog / Admissions

  Selection-time Questions Omnibus

  

  write entire entries on many of these topics, and I'll answer more ... out of every 6 applicants. In one of the Oscar-nominated short films I ... vast majority of people who apply aren't admitted. See it as a great

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 22, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  all the classes I took freshman year feeling scholarly, part 1/2

  

  that I’m already a quarter of the way through my time at MIT, but the ... talking about the most fundamental aspect of college: classes. So I thought I’d fix that now, with a review of all the classes I took freshman

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • June 18, 2021
• Blog / Advice

  Two Years and how it's changed me

  

  feeling of being overwhelmed by not only how much I've changed, but also how ... clear cool night, talking about life beneath the stars - a little piece of ... start my second year here on 2E. I really like it here - mainly because of

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • September 28, 2018
• Blog / Extracurriculars

  Why was I up so early this weekend? Reaffirming my faith in humanity and destroying my confidence with computers

  

  for the first time last weekend, and it was a great success. Offering a top prize of $25,000, Math Prize draws girls from all over the country ... , so I slow down. And then I hear it. It’s sort of like a chant: "Hey

  • by Kate R. '14
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / Rural and Small-Town

  [Guest Post] Small-Town and Rural Students take on MIT and Boston By Vaneeza R. 25'

  

  -In program this fall, we’re reflecting on the incredible success of our inaugural event. Last fall, we welcomed our first group of high school juniors ... insights into the college application process—through the unique lens of

  • by Nicole Cooper
  • March 20, 2025
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A Day at the Forge blacksmithing!

  

  In the middle of an already-packed IAP, I received an email: I’d gotten off the waitlist for blacksmithing!  I was in a phase of trying to ... , searching the empty cavities of my skull for words.  I was busy and not

  • by Amber V. '24
  • August 19, 2022
• Blog / CPW

  how to tackle CPW ...i totally have the authority to write this

  

  OH MY GOD IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR CPW!!!! Class of '26, we cannot wait ... imagine how excited the Class of '26 is when their last two years of high ... . valid! I'm a member of one of the two classes that experienced an in

  • by Ankita D. '23
  • April 6, 2022
• Blog / Challenges

  breaching discomfort

  

  crying and sitting in silence and really experiencing these new emotions of ... been the goal of it all, really. I joined a sorority because the prospect of having to explore and understand this new, complicated facet to my

  • by Cami M. '23
  • September 16, 2021
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  2020 Reflections & 2021 Resolutions

  

  Hello and happy new year (kind of)! I was really bummed out to make this post since I feel like I didn't accomplish many of the resolutions I ... fit over the summer, and I've kind of fallen out of habit now that our

  • by Cami M. '23
  • February 3, 2021
• Blog / Challenges

  Rules and who sets them

  

  This post includes an in-depth and personal discussion of the ... the audience I am directly talking to is meant to be members of the MIT ... aptly titled: The game of rules and living by them. Song: The Name of the

  • by Paige B. '24
  • November 28, 2022
• Blog / Summer

  The Courage to Change Even Through the [Tough] Mud[der]

  

  a lot! So much so that when my friend offered me her ticket for the ... ="although nothing is possible with the heart of the cards 😏 jk please don’t do this ... get back at it. So among a bunch of other goals, I told [annotation note

  • by Kayode D. '27
  • August 11, 2025
• Blog / Classes

  fall ’19 catalog is out! and a summary of sites we use to plan semesters

  

  bible of all the classes offered at MIT in the fall. personally, i've got ... for lack of better things to do. michael from 2E is part of the dev team ... .) courseroad 2.0 was also released recently, and although it's in a bit of a

  • by Joonho K. '20
  • April 25, 2019
• Blog / Academics & Research

  One Thing I Love About MIT… Is how easy it was to use an assignment to pick up a cool internship.

  

  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). And it’s AWESOME. Significantly less ... ). The term-long project (and ~40% of our grade) was to write a detailed ... brainstorming, doing tons of market research, forming ideas and designing a plan

  • by Gabe B. '13
  • January 5, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Admissions updates ...including the state of the mail and EA application tracking.

  

  application tracking system. We are receiving buckets and buckets and buckets of ... required standardized tests. There are a number of options to fulfill the ... January test, you must list MIT as a school to receive your scores. And, of

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 12, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Benzene Back Take it to the lab!

  

  day of 5.12 (organic chemistry) our professor offered a free t-shirt to ... 'm actually officially no longer a freshman (woo!). The amount of things I have to say, though, is inversely proportional to the amount of energy I

  • by Jess K. '10
  • May 24, 2007
• Blog / MIT Life

  My mom is here! ...and she's critiquing my cheerleading skills.

  

  an oh-so-healthy college student meal of pizza ordered on the internet ... thermodynamics) with me. Adam offered to take her to 16.07 (dynamics; basically ... calc) with me one time my freshman year. The only thing she got out of it

  • by Mollie B. '06
  • October 21, 2005
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Google

  

  With several of the core General Institute Requirements out of the way, sophomore year was really the dawn of my computer science life at ... ’t help but feel the creeping approach of “not-enough"ness. As career fair

  • by Vincent A. '17
  • June 5, 2017